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[–] [S] 55 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The article is from yesterday, so tommorow is today.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm going to leave work 1.3ms early

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    Predicted but not explained, what?

    And yeah, moon farthest away, thought so.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I wonder if you could tell by measuring g today

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I mean, I know you theoretically could, but would it be a "noticeable" difference? Like to the second or third decimal?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    If my math is right...it will have an effect of approximately 0.0000000001 g

    Angular acceleration is r*w^2, so for a normal day that would be 6371000*(2*pi/86400)^2/g = 0.0034345580g

    On this accelerated day, it becomes 6371000*(2*pi/86399.9987)^2/g = 0.0034345581g

    That's at the equator assuming a radius of 6371 km, which is a decent ballpark, the specific number won't change the result much.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Pretty sure I won’t notice, but I appreciate the cool photo

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